Claude Orven Fear

  General Notes:

Claude was veteran of World War II, met
instant death at 3 o'clock Tuesday evening when a 41 Chevrolet coach which he was driving rammed into a large truck on State Road 15 a mile south of Warsaw. Wallace Manrow of the Indiana state police and others who investigated the accident stated that Fear evidently was attempting to negotiate a rather sharp curve in the highway at too fast a speed and ran into the heavy truck with such force as to turn it over on its side. Two men and two children, all of Michigan who were occupants of the truck received only minor bruises. Fear's body was found approximately 40 feet from his demolished auto and death was believed to have resulted instantly.
This is the second time in less than a year that tragedy has struck within the Fear family. A brother of the accident victim, Virgil Fear,was shot and killed by a hold-up man at Ft. Bragg, N.C., last October .Virgil met his death the day after he had received his honorable discharge from the U. S. army. His slayer has never been apprehended.

Claude married Ilene M. Gaff in Waynedale, IN. (Ilene M. Gaff was born on 10 Feb 1918 in Collins, Whitley County, IN, died on 30 Aug 2004 in Columbia City, Whitley County, IN and was buried in Christian Chapel Cemetery, Merriam, IN.)